[单项选择]Despite their intense pain and suffering, the Black men found a small measure of comfort in ______.
A. their exercise periods on deck
B. the breathtaking ocean scenery
C. their conversations with the Black women
D. their conversations with one another

[单项选择]Some people suffering from a pain do not go to hospital because ______.
A. they are horrified to get the bad news
B. they think no medicine is effective
C. they think the pain will disappear as soon as you forget it
D. they are too busy.

[单项选择]The heaviest pain and suffering caused by accidents and illness are______.
A. colds and influenza
B. loss of time
C. financial losses
D. invalidism

[单项选择]Prostitution is thought to be accepted in the Black community because _______.


A. black women are silent about it
B. it has been taken for granted since the days of slavery
C. white men assume free access to Black women
D. it met no opposition when a white master picked any black woman to have sex with

[单项选择]What is the attitude of Arab militias towards black Sudanese


A. Friendly.
B. Sympathetic.
C. Unfriendly.
D. Cruel.

[单项选择]Two thirds of the U.S. basketball players are black, and the number would be greater ______ the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers for the sake of balance.
A. was it not because of
B. had it not been for
C. were it not for
D. would it not have been for

[单项选择]Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the ______ field of ‘colours’. ( )
A. stylistic
B. semantic
C. elliptic
D. syntactic

[单项选择]______ in our class, Kevin has now become the black sheep of the group.


A. He was once the first prize winner
B. Being the first prize winner
C. The first prize winner he was
D. Once the first prize winner

[单项选择]A project team is suffering from misunderstandings between team members who have different cultural backgrounds．The project manager is evaluating how to improve communication and collaboration．Which of the following statements is not true ？（）
A. Only those who realize that cultural differences are a resource to be fully utilized will survive in international project busines
B. There is a common ground for people from different cultures on which they can interact without unsolvable conflict
C. Cultural differences will always remain an obstacle to be overcome for cross-cultural project
D. Cross-cultural competence is a critical lever for competitive advantage in international project busines

[单项选择]People will find themselves suffering from headache and watering eyes, and even snowhlindness, when______to several hours of "snow light".
A. being exposed
B. having been exposed
C. exposed
D. exposing

[单项选择]It's freezing outside; you'd better _________ black ice when you drive home.
A. look down on
B. check up on
C. watch out for
D. keep out

[单项选择]The patient suffering from cancer looked dead but the faint pulse proved that he was still ______.
A. live
B. life
C. alive
D. lively

[单项选择]According to the passage, children suffering from autism are unable to _______.


A. play musical instrument.
B. interact with other people.
C. recognize their parents.
D. be invited to birthday parties.

[单项选择]Shopping malls have some advantage in suffering from shorter periods of______business.
A. stale
B. slack
C. ferrous
D. abundant

[单项选择]The Scholastic Aptitude Test is under intense scrutiny today, NOT because of______.


A. different attitudes to admission decisions
B. a growing influence of the SAT scores
C. a growing preoccupation with test scores
D. scores raised through expensive coaching

[单项选择]To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must ________the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world market demand.


A. improve
B. enhance
C. gear
D. guarantee